The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1887-08-25
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Going Is die "a Early irr FEain-HLawnhs Tennis
Is and Ho1rfssebask Rid.hi gg- SlBathinag Begins
r at1I9 o'Ciock-.aAfternooh Driving4Din-
her ana the sEseniHs Hours. hjbs1d - =
pu People who live in Rome Rome Would find IL
dimeals Ito pass the day As tBeyiwould in
Paris, and a New Yorker i'm FlUrence
cannot live day.as. he would in his own
metropolis. Neither can a.man, with all
| his victories over nature, pass day in the
Alps as he would on the banks Of the
iIAmazon. IG And 50 aman cannot carry out
fdayo at IL6ig Branch asfhe would at
White sulphur Sprir gssc > He does; at Long
Branch what the place permits him TODD
Generally Speaking; the summer popula4
ton iS mp atTo'clock, because the great
majority Of the men goto New York every
dfay to attend to business and they start
Going to the train is the first ;bb business
OF the day, and "a pretty sight it is to see
the ladies in their fresh, white, morning
| gowns, driving their carts and phaetons
down 70 the station, with their husbands,
The harness and horses and carriages,
fresh from the hands of Industrious grooniss
and iroachmen, and unspottedi as yet by
the dust of the day, glisten:under eearly
M p}r!nT sun The air is cool and inyigD
orating, and the hustle and confusion
ABOUT the station has a fashionable pic
taresqueness ABOUT it that is charming to
.eHe; student1 OF csoelety.s After. the bust.
ness ness iofi tne morning exodus is done, lawn
ten Hl comes 70 en1lyen the day % The
game is exceedingly popular at Long
Branch, where The fine lawns, of which i
|, have SPOKEN. furnish adrJira hIa cot,rfu z,
ABOUT O'CLOCK In the morning yon will
sec young men N -Wnlte nannels and
ay9uis tfs fl4 IN loose gowns running about
on tne smooth turf, and entering, into the
game WIN an earnestness which fully
acones dof any lack OF skill. Besides, ten
ims, 9forseoackn rading claims attention.
fhe W. ROADS at :. the Branch, are n ex!
celient 1or, this exercise, and scores
OF eqqestriarlsi may be seen every day
taxing o morning canter. Many Of the
ladies! choose this part Of the day to do
their shopping, and East Long Branch is
made very lively. ~ r,.:,;-t.a,-, . ~, II,
About i O'clock bathing begins to rise
ABOVE the horizon. AT the hotels the Gus.
tomary time. for bathing is at low tide,
but as the water is seldom so high or 50
rough III the summer that people cannot
bathe at all hours, most Of them select the
morning for their dip. The refreshing In:
ifiuence OF the bath prepares one to pass,
with equanimity, the warm hours of the
early afternoon, before the, sea breeze
springs up. AT some of the hotels the
bands give morning concerts at eleven, &.
and those ladies who prefer to devote their
afternoons to bathing, sit in the ;parlors,
listen to The music, and put forth con.
tinuous flow of small talk. After luncheon
most people at the Branch take the day
leisurely until o'clock. The afternoon
driving their begins and continues until
about $3.50. The scene on Ocean avenue
at this time Of the day is most animated 4
one. At times the drive is crowded so
that carriages are compelled to proceed
cautiously in order ito Avoid collisions
The evening trains from New; York
and Philadelphia come. in and, carriages
are dash1ng to and from the stations,
while the hotel stages lumber, along
laden with incoming guests, The steam.
boat lands at the pier, and there is d great
rushing fronl all points of excursiohists
who have CON down from New York for
the day and are eager to get seats for the /
return trip. Sailing vessels of all kinds
are seen gliding along up and down the
coast, and southern steamers pass by, gem
orally running close in shore, dipping
their flags, blowing their whistles and
firing their guns. The men. who have